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I found this Royal union contract booklet for 1947. New employees started at $.75/hour, and the usual overtime and holiday rates, grievance procedure etc. It's up from $.65 in 1940 according to a Federal wage study in 1940. As a comparison, in 1940 mining paid $.92, machine tool manufacturing $.76, automotive manufacturing paid $.94, and cash resister/adding machine manufacturing paid $.84. On top of that, piece rate at Royal paid $.90 just before 1949. It averages about $30-35/week with added benefits. All that and many machines are still going after 70 years.
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That is an awesome piece of typewriter ephemera. Did you find it locally or online?
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I agree, very cool. More photos, or even better, scans of the inside pages would be appreciated!
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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Thanks for the partial peak. I deleted the previous two posts because as you pointed out the text couldn't be read.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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Thank you for removing the clutter. I don't see an edit option to go back and clean up a post. Is that a feature the comes with seniority?
To answer a question, the booklet was found on eBay. It turned up during a cursory search for manuals.
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Section 12: Equal pay for equal work! 
What an amazing concept!
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I have read them initially. I re-read the editing thread from February from which I thought it might be still a trial run. You sure run a tight ship. I have learned a lot from this board.
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I saw section 12 also, quite a history lesson. I have always maintained our past is not as some would have us believe. It's as if "1984" isn't just a story in my mind, but elements of it are coming into my life.
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